Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method and computer program
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1. A wireless communication system comprising:
- a plurality of communication stations, whereineach of said plurality of communication stations is configured to transmit a beacon according to predetermined timing so as to construct a network,each beacon including neighboring beacon information pertaining to beacon transmission times of neighboring communication stations,each of said plurality of communication stations having a controller configured to determine a beacon transmission time based on neighboring beacon information obtained from a beacon signal of another station receivable by respective of the plurality of communication stations.
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Abstract
In order to solve problems arising when a communication system such as a wireless LAN is constructed as a decentralized distributed type network without a relationship of control station and controlled stations such as a master station and slave stations, in a wireless communication system composed of a plurality of communication stations without a relationship of control station and controlled stations, respective communication stations transmit beacons with information concerning a network written thereon with each other to construct the network, and it becomes possible to make sophisticated judgment such as communication states of other communication stations by those beacons.
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1. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a plurality of communication stations, wherein each of said plurality of communication stations is configured to transmit a beacon according to predetermined timing so as to construct a network, each beacon including neighboring beacon information pertaining to beacon transmission times of neighboring communication stations, each of said plurality of communication stations having a controller configured to determine a beacon transmission time based on neighboring beacon information obtained from a beacon signal of another station receivable by respective of the plurality of communication stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
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a communication station configured to communicate in a wireless network with other communication stations, wherein said communication station includes a transmitter, and a controller that is configured to control a transmission operation of said transmitter, wherein said transmission operation includes transmitting a beacon according to predetermined timing so as to construct the wireless network with the other communication stations, and said beacon including neighboring beacon information pertaining to beacon transmission times of neighboring communication stations, wherein each of said communication stations determines a beacon transmission time based on neighboring beacon information obtained from a beacon signal of another station. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A wireless communication method comprising:
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generating a beacon signal to be transmitted from each of a plurality of communication stations, wherein each of said plurality of communication stations is configured to transmit the beacon according to predetermined timing so as to construct a network, and each beacon including neighboring beacon information pertaining to beacon transmission times of neighboring communication stations, wherein each of said plurality of communication stations determines a beacon transmission time based on neighboring beacon information obtained from a beacon signal of another station.
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